ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- Officers are investigating a death of a woman who was struck by a vehicle early Saturday on a main road in Orange Beach.

The victim, who has not yet been identified, was a 49-year-old woman visiting from Magee, Miss., Orange Beach Police Chief Billy Wilkins said. She was walking alone on Perdido Beach Boulevard near the Live Bait Restaurant when the accident occurred. She died on scene.

Mostly condos rentals, houses and a few businesses line the road. Wilkins said she was staying with friends who told police she was missing sometime before 1 a.m.

Wilkins said she must have stepped out into the road briefly when the minivan taxi cab hit her. The driver, he said, was not driving under the influence and was not arrested.

"We just presume she didn't see, or maybe she misjudged -- we just don't know why," Wilkins said. "There was no violation of anything that we could determine."

The accident is one in a growing string of fatal crashes in south Baldwin County that have ended in the death of pedestrians who are usually tourists from out of town.